17th August 1894
A royal visit… of sorts
Royals visited Guernsey unannounced during Victoria’s reign. On 18 August 1894, The Star reported that “shortly after seven o’clock yesterday morning a large paddle steamer accompanied by a screw steamer was seen [in] the Russell. This steamer anchored in the outer roads, and news soon spread that this was Her Majesty’s Yacht the Victoria and Albert. It further transpired that on board the yacht… were His Royal Highness Prince Henry of Battenberg and the Princess Beatrice.”
Sadly for any excited onlookers, the royal party didn’t come ashore, but the Lieutenant-Governor, General Stevenson, was instead rowed out to meet them in a six-oared galley for an audience with the prince.
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Other events that occured in August
St Sampson pensioner was buried in a landslide
- The sound of the falling rock could be heard across the island.
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Police found a bomb in Bluebell Wood
- The bomb had been dropped wide of its target during the Second World War.
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The Saumarez Memorial foundation stone was laid
- The memorial was later destroyed by the German occupying forces
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Mapmaking geologist John MacCulloch died
- The Guernsey-born Scottish mapmaker was also an accomplished geologist.
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